Timing Requirements for Wage Payments in Missouri

All corporations and railroads, operators of mines, stone and granite quarries, and manufacturers are subject to Missouri's wage payment law.

Corporations and railroads must pay wages at least semimonthly, with a 16-day holdover permitted; executive, administrative, professional, sales employees and others compensated on commission basis must be paid at least monthly; employees of mines, stone and granite quarries must be paid at least every 15 days, with a five-day holdover for coal mines; manufacturers must pay at least every 15 days, with a 5-day holdover.